Humanity Humanity is showing compassion to others. What Mr. Abani said about his mother in the airport in Portugal really points to this. The smallest sign of compassion, whether it be saying "hello" to a shy student or going overseas to work with charities in third-world countries, can mean the world to those in need of it. Compassion seems to be programmed into most people's DNA. It just seems natural to help those in need, regardless of how much or how little you do. Sometimes a little to one person can mean a lot to someone else. Another aspect of humanity is greed. Greed is close to the opposite of compassion, and often discourages compassion because of the reasoning “I can’t share because I need it all for myself”. Greed, too, is part of human nature. Back when humans were hunter-gatherers and no-one knew when their next meal would be, people would have to hoard food to themselves because of the chance of them dying otherwise. If you share your kill with the next guy over, you might go hungry tonight because you didn’t have any food stored up, and you couldn’t find anything to hunt. Unfortunately, this carries on into the modern world, with billionaires still working their employees to the bone for every last cent they can generate, and shipping labour overseas, where there are no unions, and they can pay workers far less than the minimum wage in Canada, just to make another buck they really don’t need. It’s O.K. to think of yourself and worry about what you have, but others in this world have far less, and being greedy just hurts them more.
Humanity is showing compassion to others. What Mr. Abani said about his mother in the airport in Portugal really points to this. The smallest sign of compassion, whether it be saying "hello" to a shy student or going overseas to work with charities in third-world countries, can mean the world to those in need of it. Compassion seems to be programmed into most people's DNA. It just seems natural to help those in need, regardless of how much or how little you do. Sometimes a little to one person can mean a lot to someone else. Another aspect of humanity is greed. Greed is close to the opposite of compassion, and often discourages compassion because of the reasoning “I can’t share because I need it all for myself”. Greed, too, is part of human nature. Back when humans were hunter-gatherers and no-one knew when their next meal would be, people would have to hoard food to themselves because of the chance of them dying otherwise. If you share your kill with the next guy over, you might go hungry tonight because you didn’t have any food stored up, and you couldn’t find anything to hunt. Unfortunately, this carries on into the modern world, with billionaires still working their employees to the bone for every last cent they can generate, and shipping labour overseas, where there are no unions, and they can pay workers far less than the minimum wage in Canada, just to make another buck they really don’t need. It’s O.K. to think of yourself and worry about what you have, but others in this world have far less, and being greedy just hurts them more.
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